Author Kate DiCamillo charmed customers at Big Hill Books, Minneapolis, Minn., last weekend when she read the prologue of her newest book, Mercy Watson Is Missing! (Candlewick). It was her first visit to Big Hill Books, one of the Twin Cities' newest independent bookstores, and she promised the crowd she'd be back. Pictured: (from left) employees Sarah Waller, Julia Fratzke, Sam Boman, owner Beth Thompson, Kate DiCamillo, employee Carol Rosenbaum, volunteer Kristin Nilsen, employee Jake Shoemaker.
